For all these things and a whole lot more....

RAMBLING Thanksgiving Day brings hope that your day will be fulfilling as well as full-feeling. Every day should be a day of Thanksgiving.

Who was ‘No. 1’ in our 1940 phone book?

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez he wonders why bra is singular and panties are plural.

Critical list

EDITORIAL Rockdale’s hospital needs some help as the community searches for hope First, let’s clear up something that’s obvious to anyone who has been a longtime Rockdale resident.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks for ceremony Dear editor,, As a veteran that attended the RISD Veteran’s Program and lunch on Thursday, there are plenty of thanks due, starting with the faculties The program was inspiring and the music beautiful. The food was delicious and plentiful.

254 counties: Wonder if I’ll ever get there

EDITOR’S CORNER One of the candidates in the recent election—did you know we had an election?—made it a point to mention he had visited all 254 Texas counties in the course of one campaign. I used to want to do that. No, not run for office, visit every county in our fantastic state.

Better to keep peace than to have to make it

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Neighbor Grover sez he can’t figure out why Gorilla Glue doesn’t stick to the inside of the bottle. Mid-terms have been over a week now. I’m really missing all those nice phone calls from our governor. Never even knew he knew me.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO.... Even though the Armistice had been signed, and World War I hostilities had ceased, letters from Rock-dale servicemen—written before the guns stopped firing—continued to be published in The Reporter.

Food handlers’ course

COMMENTS FROM MICAH The “Texas Food Establishment Rules (TFER)” were revised and updated and effective Oct. 11, 2015.

Milano ISD: We’re doing things the right way

MISD REPORT Our Veterans Day program that was held at our high school Friday. It was such an honor to host our veterans in our school and to show students what real heroes look like.

100 years

EDITORIAL The Rockdale ISD’s wonderful observance of Veterans Day is set for 10 a.m. Thursday in the high school gym. Sunday is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Those two anniversaries are closely related.